I was hoping to get back for today's sessions. The game companies will be there and there's a designing session. Unfortunately, I can't see how I'll be able to fit the 1+ hour drive each way into my last day before vacation!

Luftwaffe was the very first game I ever bought as far as board games go... It's the one that started it all for me. Got it brand new the year it came out. Then a buddy of mine found the Granddaddy of all the tactical games, Panzerblitz, a few months later. I never looked at Luftwaffe again. Im fact, I just took it to Noble Knight game company with alot of other games and sold them...

As some may know, Tom Shaw has blessed our 50th anniversary PBEM Stalingrad tournament and it would be better if at least one more experienced player joined. The tournament will start after I make the random pairings December 15. Tom will be issuing a certificate to all who play in the tournament and special certificates to the top four. I appeal to all of you out there to join either by posting to http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?7@782.sb4KcaQQZLk.62@.ee6c970/2943 or emailing me at angiolillo_joseph@hotmail.com Currently we have 7 experienced players and 6 novices. The tournament rules are simple using a four round Swiss system then semi-finals and finals. Here is the link to the tournament rules: http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@782.sb4KcaQQZLk.86@.ee6c970/2968 This link is gives you the rules as an attachment to post #2815. According to Tom Shaw, Charles Roberts initially designed the game before he left the company and Lindsey Schutz and Tom Shaw developed the game. I will also be posting the actual designers and developers of the early games as the internet is only about 90% correct and I want to set the record straight. Not only did I interview Tom, who had actual documents: I taped the interview as well. In the Stalingrad PBEM tournament, I will personally donate the money for a first place plaque. Join in. We need more players. Joe Angiolillo (developer Axis & Allies and designer of many SPI, Gameshop, Nova, GTD, and Coleco games)

Going to start a VASSAL PBEM game with 3-players campaign and I am assigned to be the UK/US.....the engine is most suitable for some rigid system like this with I-go-U-go system. This is a game I haven't touched for more than 20 years, I believe. I need time to refresh the rules before I can deploy the Poles!

Hi All,
I have been looking through my old boxes since I came back into the hobby and found my original design of Axis and Allies 1939. I had left my compnay Nova after design assistance and development of the original Axis and Allies and printed up a set of die cut counters for France and China. I made up rules and playtested the game a number of times myself. Maybe I should contact the designers of World At War because I designed the 1939 version first - in 1984. I'll try to remember to bring the prototype (no one else has ever seen it) to Lancaster next year.
Joe Angiolillo [SPI,Nova,GameTheory&Design,AvalonHill,Coleco,etc.]